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Re: mips64 sigaction changes
On Mar 14, 2003, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com> wrote:
>> >> +/* NOTE: Please think twice before making any changes to the bits of
>> >> + code below. GDB needs some intimate knowledge about it to
>> >> + recognize them as signal trampolines, and make backtraces through
>> >> + signal handlers work right. Important are both the names
>> >> + (__restore_rt) and the exact instruction sequence.
>> >> + If you ever feel the need to make any changes, please notify the
>> >> + appropriate GDB maintainer. */
> By recognizing the code, not by recognizing the names. Only the i386
> GDB port does this to my knowledge.
Err... I copied this bit from x86_64, IIRC. Seems like it's
spreading :-)
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